PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakub Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kochanowski is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Midgard. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

James
vs
Kochanowski

185 cm
23
212 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

193 cm
32
200 lbs
14 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jakub Kochanowski!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
James scores with a body shot.

James looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kochanowski!
James looking to finish with strikes here!
James thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James working Kochanowski over with strikes here.

James swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Kochanowski is now in James's guard. A big mistake from James there, giving up the dominant position!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kochanowski won't allow James to get back to his feet.
Kochanowski trying to control the position from guard on top but James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James wants to stand but Kochanowski is controlling the position.
Kochanowski is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jakub Kochanowski hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kochanowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by James.
Kochanowski throws a nice looking combination but James bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kochanowski moves away.
Kochanowski lands a nice looking kick to the body. James takes a step back to recover.
Kochanowski explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes from James. Those never looked like landing.
James lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jab by James.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from James.
James misses with a lunging right hand
and Kochanowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kochanowski misses with a looping right.
James misses the shot to the body.
Kochanowski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
James misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kochanowski throws an overhand right that lands on James's shoulder, as James tries to avoid the shot.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alex James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by James. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of James.
A head kick misses from Kochanowski.
James throws a looping overhand right but Kochanowski ducks down to avoid it.
Kochanowski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski slaps away a takedown attempt from James, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a right and a left that Kochanowski avoids nicely.
James slips a straight right by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski throws a head kick that misses.
James thuds a left hand into Kochanowski's body.
James shoots for a takedown but Kochanowski saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
James walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kochanowski throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kochanowski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between James's hands.
No luck for James with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex James. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kochanowski ducks under a wild hook from James.
James scores with a jab. Kochanowski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James slips a straight right by Kochanowski.
A jab from James misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kochanowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

James shoots in and gets a takedown into Kochanowski's guard.
James throws a big elbow that misses.
Kochanowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
James throws a big right hand that misses.
Kochanowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
James trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kochanowski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
James postures up in Kochanowski's guard and throws a big left but Kochanowski blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alex James will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kochanowski scores with a hook.
Kochanowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
James fails with the takedown.
James throws a shot from downtown. Kochanowski moves away and avoids it.
James throws a right hand that misses
and Kochanowski counters with a thumping low kick.

James drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
James working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kochanowski manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. James manages to get himself to full guard.
James is trying to control the position from the bottom.
James is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kochanowski is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Kochanowski slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Alex James overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James wants to stand but Kochanowski is controlling the position.
James keeping moving, preventing Kochanowski from controlling successfully.

James kicks Kochanowski off and gets to his feet.
Kochanowski defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
James misses the shot to the body.
Alex James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
James misses with a takedown attempt
and Kochanowski counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
James displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kochanowski.
James showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kochanowski.
Nice sprawl there from Kochanowski as James shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex James. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a series of wild punches.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kochanowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kochanowski misses with a straight right.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kochanowski stuffs the takedown.
James takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James loads up on a big right hand but Kochanowski slips the punch.
James looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
James takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
James shoots in but no luck this time.
James misses with a wild combination.
Kochanowski tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James moves out of range as Kochanowski strikes.
James misses with a right hand
and Kochanowski counters with a series of strikes. James will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kochanowski throws a half hearted mid kick.
James throws the left hand but Kochanowski avoids the punch easily.
Kochanowski moves out of range as James strikes.
Kochanowski slips a jab and a cross from James.
James lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kochanowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kochanowski lets loose with a powerful body kick. James will feel that in the morning.
James scores with a hook.
Nice sprawl there from Kochanowski as James shoots in.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kochanowski.
Jakub Kochanowski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
James throws a hook to the side of Kochanowski's head but Kochanowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James shoots and misses
and Kochanowski counters with a nice low kick that buckles James's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kochanowski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
James uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kochanowski.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
James misses with a body shot.
Kochanowski wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
Kochanowski scores with a kick to the body.
Kochanowski stuns James with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donk. Kochanowski catches James right on the button with a cross.
Kochanowski swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kochanowski.
No luck for James with that takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kochanowski slips under a jab.
James has his takedown stuffed
and Kochanowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakub Kochanowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kochanowski throws a shot to the body.
James misses with a series of wild punches.
Kochanowski blocks a jab.
Kochanowski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kochanowski displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from James.
James swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kochanowski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
James on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kochanowski. Kochanowski obviously looking to wear him down.
James jabs Kochanowski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kochanowski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slow jab from Kochanowski misses its intended target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kochanowski drops James with a big left hand! James is injured, injured bad! Kochanowski jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jakub Kochanowski!
Jakub Kochanowski very nearly forgot to thank Happy Pills amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.